Brief Bios

Jonathan Moses - President

Jonathan Moses was admitted to the bar in 1985. He was a founding solicitor at the Mangere Community Law Centre, also a former Trustee and Chair of the Mangere Community Law Office Trust. He was a barrister in South Auckland from 1990 to 2000. He is a former member of the Refugee Status Appeals Authority and the Crown Prosecution Panel. Between 2001 and 2009, Jonathan was a prosecutor with the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (UNICTR). Jonathon has been sitting as a District Court Judge based at Manukau since February 2010.

Simon Chinchanwala - Immediate Past President

Simon Chinchanwala is an orthopaedic surgeon who specialises in hand, wrist and peripheral nerve surgery. He is based at North Shore Hospital and has a private practice on the Shore. Simon is currently the President of the Auckland Orthopaedic Society. His passion is golf.

Catherine Miller - Secretary

Catherine Miller is a senior solicitor at Buddle Findlay. Her practice involves a broad range of health and commercial work. Catherine provides advice to both public and private sector clients, including advice on commercial agreements, procurement processes, legal compliance, medico-legal issues, inquiries and investigations, policy development, and privacy. Prior to joining Buddle Findlay, Catherine worked in- house at Counties Manukau District Health Board.

Denys Court - Treasurer/President Elect

Denys has 30 years’ experience in obstetrics and gynaecology in both the public and private sector. He is currently the Clinical Director of Secondary Maternity and Acute Services at Auckland City Hospital.
Denys is also qualified in law and was previously the senior medico-legal Adviser in Auckland for the Medical Protection Society and a communication skills educator for Cognitive Institute.
He has Fellowships of the Royal College of O&G, the Australasian College of O&G and the Australasian College of Legal Medicine.

Stephen Wood - Editor of Transactions

Stephen is a consultant radiologist working in public and private practice in Auckland. He has appointments Auckland District Health Board (body radiologist), Breastscreen Counties-Manukau and is a partner at Auckland Radiology Group, where is currently the managing partner.

Sarah Fleming

Sarah was appointed a district court Judge in 2000 and holds a family court warrant and also hears Judge alone criminal matters. Sarah is the executive Judge for the Auckland court where she is based.

Julian Fuller

Julian Fuller has been a practicing Anaesthetist for the last 29 years, with the last 20 years in Auckland, based at North Shore Hospital (Waitemata Health), and with private practice. Since 2011 he is also the Vice President of the NZ Hospital Specialists Association known as the ASMS (Assoc of Salaried Med Specialists). He qualified in Cape Town, before emigrating to NZ in 1992. His other passion is yacht racing, and he won the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race in 1981/82, as well as having numerous Ocean passages under his keel.

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Janet Anderson-Bidois

Janet is the Chief Legal Adviser at the Human Rights Commission. Prior to this she spent 14 years as a senior medico-legal adviser at Waitemata and Counties Manukau District Health Boards. She has previously worked as a litigator in private legal practice and as an investigator with the Health and Disability Commissioner’s office. She completed her Bachelor and Masters of Law at Auckland University.